De Haven Glacier
| De Haven Glacier | ||
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| location | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 5 ′ S , 130 ° 0 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Porpoise Bay | |
The De Haven Glacier is a wide glacier on the Banzare coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . It flows into the southwest corner of Porpoise Bay .
The American cartographer Gardner Dean Blodgett (* 1925) mapped it in 1955 using aerial photographs of Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in the same year after Edwin De Haven (1816-1865), Acting Master on the sloop USS Vincennes , flagship of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) under the direction of the American polar explorer Charles Wilkes .
Web links
- De Haven Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- De Haven Glacier on geographic.org (English)